#¤**=~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~=**¤#
¤**=~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~=**¤
**=~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=**
*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*
=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                        ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                    ¨ ~¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ gull call.                    ¨      ¨ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the  seagull is  a metaphysics trick;  a ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*
**=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ world-builder's shortcut,  to  define  a ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=**
¤**=~¨¨¨¨¨ section of  reality and  imply its size: ¨¨¨¨¨~=**¤
#¤**=~¨¨¨¨ place a  flock of birds at  the edge and ¨¨¨¨~=**¤#
##¤**=~¨¨¨ make  their  calls  tesselate  over  the ¨¨¨~=**¤##
###¤**=~¨¨ entire volume                            ¨¨~=**¤###
####¤**=~¨                                          ¨~=**¤####
###¤**=~¨¨ a seagull can  be defined by  as  little ¨¨~=**¤###
##¤**=~¨¨¨ as  five  vertices;  six  triangles.  (i ¨¨¨~=**¤##
#¤**=~¨¨¨¨ would recommend  handling in  swarms  of ¨¨¨¨~=**¤#
¤**=~¨¨¨¨¨ at least a dozen birds.)                 ¨¨¨¨¨~=**¤
**=~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=**
*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*
=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
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